Drona Parva
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The Drona Parva is the seventh of the eighteen parvas of the Indian epic Mahabharata. Drona Parva traditionally has 8 parts and 204 chapters. The critical edition of Drona Parva has 8 parts and 173 ch
Illustration from Razmnama depicting a scene of the Drona Parva: Bhima slaying the elephant Ashvathamma
The Pandavas' nephew Abhimanyu battles the Kauravas and their allies.
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra War
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The Kurukshetra War, also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, arising from a dynastic struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandav
Drona Parva
…has 8 parts and 173 chapters. Drona Parva describes the appointment of Drona as the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava alliance on the 11th day of the Kurukshetra War, the next four days of battles, and his death on the 15th day of the 18-day war. The parva recites how the war became more brutal with each passing…
c. 1700 watercolour from Mewar depicts the Pandava and Kaurava armies arrayed against each other.
Modern bronze sculpture of Chariot with Krishna and Arjuna during the Kurukshetra War
Krishna Pleads with Dhritarashtra to Avoid War
Krishna, and Arjuna on the chariot, 18th-19th century painting